56 Quotes by Sarah Polley

I’m a control freak and I like to be overprepared, and I’m overly organized and I’m not in the moment a lot of the time.

In fact, there’s an entire universe out there that’s pretty much indifferent to struggles that big, no matter how serious they’ve been in your life.

Well, because Dawn of the Dead can take place anywhere and it shows that actually the entire planet is contaminated, I would say that it shows the new face of our world – one person, one race, united against the invisible destructive force.

Being a human being is all about experiencing all of the wonders of the world and therefore as an actress, I’m open to any opportunity that may enrich my horizon.

Acting is something that I’ve done since I was so young. I always felt – certainly as a teenager – really cynical about acting. I definitely didn’t feel like it was something I wanted to do, and so I really took it for granted.

With being a mother, I feel like you choose how you spend your time so much more carefully – which is a good thing.

Playing roles that are intense and damaged has always come more easily to me than doing comedies or lighter stuff – that would be taking a huge risk for me.

Plus, doing a zombie movie is quite liberating. It’s fun not to take myself seriously all the time.

I still feel that a movie has to attempt to say something – even if it fails miserably. But I’ve sort of given up on believing that I’m going to change the world with every film I choose to act in.